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Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class. [1]
The inaugural index from 2020 ranked 82 countries and has not been updated since. The Index measures social mobility holistically through 5 determinants. The findings from the index were then used in the World Economic Forum's Global Social Mobility Report 2020, which provided recommendations for governments and businesses.
List of countries by wealth per adult; List of countries by credit rating; List of countries by government budget; Gross national income. List of countries by GNI (PPP) per capita; List of countries by GNI (nominal, Atlas method) per capita; Lists of countries by GDP; List of countries by GDP sector composition; List of countries by GDP (nominal)
Democracy Ranking refers to countries (country-based democracies) with a population of one million or more and that are classified by Freedom House as "free" or at least as "partly free" (see also the Freedom House report). The Democracy Ranking makes explicit the "theoretical basis", which governs the theoretical self-understanding of the ...
This list of highest civilian awards is an index to articles that describe the highest civilian award given by each country in the world. Country Ribbon Image Name
But plenty of other countries aren’t too far behind. Take a look at the 10 countries with the highest number of billionaires, plus a few names of the wealthy that you might recognize. 1.
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
This article includes a partial list of countries by economic freedom that shows the top 50 highest ranking countries and regions from two reports on economic freedom. The Economic Freedom of the World Index is a report published by the Fraser Institute in conjunction with the Economic Freedom Network, a Canadian group of independent research ...